pack – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pack

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pack sth away
Participle: packed sth away
Gerund: packing sth away

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipack sth away
youpack sth away
he;she;itpacks sth away
wepack sth away
youpack sth away
theypack sth away

Perfect

Ihave packed sth away
youhave packed sth away
he;she;ithas packed sth away
wehave packed sth away
youhave packed sth away
theyhave packed sth away

Past

Ipacked sth away
youpacked sth away
he;she;itpacked sth away
wepacked sth away
youpacked sth away
theypacked sth away

Pluperfect

Ihad packed sth away
youhad packed sth away
he;she;ithad packed sth away
wehad packed sth away
youhad packed sth away
theyhad packed sth away

Future

Iwill pack sth away
youwill pack sth away
he;she;itwill pack sth away
wewill pack sth away
youwill pack sth away
theywill pack sth away

Future Perfect

Iwill have packed sth away
youwill have packed sth away
he;she;itwill have packed sth away
wewill have packed sth away
youwill have packed sth away
theywill have packed sth away

Subjunctive

Present

Ipack sth away
youpack sth away
he;she;itpack sth away
wepack sth away
youpack sth away
theypack sth away

Perfect

Ihave packed sth away
youhave packed sth away
he;she;ithave packed sth away
wehave packed sth away
youhave packed sth away
theyhave packed sth away

Imperfect

Ipacked sth away
youpacked sth away
he;she;itpacked sth away
wepacked sth away
youpacked sth away
theypacked sth away

Pluperfect

Ihad packed sth away
youhad packed sth away
he;she;ithad packed sth away
wehad packed sth away
youhad packed sth away
theyhad packed sth away

Conditional

Present

Iwould pack sth away
youwould pack sth away
he;she;itwould pack sth away
wewould pack sth away
youwould pack sth away
theywould pack sth away

Perfect

Iwould have packed sth away
youwould have packed sth away
he;she;itwould have packed sth away
wewould have packed sth away
youwould have packed sth away
theywould have packed sth away

Imperative

youpack sth away
weLet's pack sth away
youpack sth away

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam packing sth away
youare packing sth away
he;she;itis packing sth away
weare packing sth away
youare packing sth away
theyare packing sth away

Perfect

Ihave been packing sth away
youhave been packing sth away
he;she;ithas been packing sth away
wehave been packing sth away
youhave been packing sth away
theyhave been packing sth away

Past

Iwas packing sth away
youwere packing sth away
he;she;itwas packing sth away
wewere packing sth away
youwere packing sth away
theywere packing sth away

Pluperfect

Ihad been packing sth away
youhad been packing sth away
he;she;ithad been packing sth away
wehad been packing sth away
youhad been packing sth away
theyhad been packing sth away

Future

Iwill be packing sth away
youwill be packing sth away
he;she;itwill be packing sth away
wewill be packing sth away
youwill be packing sth away
theywill be packing sth away

Future Perfect

Iwill have been packing sth away
youwill have been packing sth away
he;she;itwill have been packing sth away
wewill have been packing sth away
youwill have been packing sth away
theywill have been packing sth away

Conditional

Present

Iwould be packing sth away
youwould be packing sth away
he;she;itwould be packing sth away
wewould be packing sth away
youwould be packing sth away
theywould be packing sth away

Perfect

Iwould have been packing sth away
youwould have been packing sth away
he;she;itwould have been packing sth away
wewould have been packing sth away
youwould have been packing sth away
theywould have been packing sth away

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pack'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pack'

back, cack, dack, fack, gack, hack, jack, lack, mack, nack,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to come together as a group
assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, team, team up, throng
to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
compress
bind, cram, press, stow, contract, condense
load
burden, lade

Antonyms

compress
increase, extend, spread, stretch
load
unload, disburden, disencumber, relieve

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”). See: Middle English 'pakken'.

Verbs referencing "pack"

Finnish with old forms pakata, German, old spelling packen, Xhosa pakisha, Lithuanian pakuoti.

Sample Sentences

  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] hour at which we should arrive at Liverpool, may be easily imagined and readily understood. Also, how heartily we drank the captain 's health that day at dinner; and how restless we became about packing up: and how two or three of the most sanguine spirits rejected the idea of going to bed at all that night as something it was not worth while to do, so near the shore, but went nevertheless, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Well, Tom, ” said St. Clare, the day after he had commenced the legal formalities for his enfranchisement, “ I 'm going to make a free man of you; — so have your trunk packed, and get ready to set out for Kentuck. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Think I'll pass. Your loss. For sure. Actually, do you mind if I pack ? (That Is All)